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Buckets of memories | Mxolisi Nyezwa
3 days ago
3 days ago
Do you ever sit down to write about powerful emotions, only to discover that you cannot find the words to describe them?
Poets have wrestled with this problem for centuries and left us an archive of strong, memorable images that can carry our deepest hopes and fears.
Mxolisi Nyezwa is ...
A ramshackle home made of words | Manthipe Moila
13 days ago
13 days ago
Most people would agree that the creative spirit needs hope for the future and a place of refuge and safety in flourish.
But as we prepare to celebrate Women’s Day on 9 August, we are aware that gender-based violence makes the world profoundly unsafe for millions of South African women....
Oxygen | Uhuru Portia Phalafala
20 days ago
20 days ago
Each August, South Africans celebrate Women’s Month. But what difference do such celebrations make in a country where gender-based violence remains shockingly prevalent?
No-one has considered this question more deeply than Uhuru Portia Phalafala, poet and senior lecturer at the Universi...
